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in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovers America thinking its India. and finds native americans calling them indians
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first governor of Puerto Rico and Spanish explorer named Juan de Leon lands on continental north America in north America and meets native Americans, he was attacked years later and fatally wounded by native Americans
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Pocahontas's brother kidnaps John Smith from the Jamestown colony. Smith wrote that after being threatened by Chief Powhatan he was saved by Pocahontas.
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Pocahontas is captured by Samuel Argall in the Anglo Powhatan War. While held captive she learns to speak English, converts to Christianity and is renamed Rebecca
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The French and Indian War begins, pitting the two groups against English settlements in the North. -
The Treaty of Hopewell is signed, this treaty protects the Cherokee Native Americans in the United States and sectioning off their land.
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The Treaty of Holston is signed. this treaty means the Cherokee give up all their land outside of the borders previously established in the treaty of hopewell
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Native American Sacagawea while pregnant meets explorers Lewis and Clark during their exploration of the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The explorers realize her value as a translator
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Andrew Jackson, along with U.S. forces and Native American allies attack Creek Indians who opposed American expansion of their territory in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The Creeks cede more than 20 million acres of land after their loss.
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A group of Apache Native Americans attack and kidnap a white American. Resulting in the U.S. military falsely accusing the Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, his name was Cochise. Cochise and the Apache increase raids on white Americans for a decade afterwards. -
General Custer leads an early morning attack on Cheyenne living with Chief Black Kettle, destroying the village and killing more than 100 people, including many women and children and Black Kettle himself.
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U.S. Congress passes the Indian Citizenship Act, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the territorial limits of the country. Previously, citizenship had been limited, depending on what percentage Native American ancestry a person had, whether they were veterans, or, if they were women, whether they were married to a U.S. citizen.
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The Indian Civil Rights Act is signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, granting Native American tribes many of the benefits included in the Bill of Rights.
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President George H.W. Bush signs the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA into law. The act requires federal agencies and museums that receive federal funds to repatriate Native American cultural items to their respective peoples.
